Laura graduated from Bowdoin College in 2004 with a BA in sociology and Spanish. She served on the Common Good Grant Committee and was involved in a variety of volunteer programs on poverty and education at Bowdoin. She studied abroad in La Paz, Bolivia, interned at a family support center, … Read more
Dennis Barrett
Dennis graduated magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a double major in political science and history in the Honors Program. He tutored youth in South Bend, worked with the student run national publication Changing Times, served as dorm president, and organized a weeklong program encouraging students … Read more
Kevin Anderson
Kevin graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University in 2005, receiving a BA in political science and legal studies. He wrote honors theses for both majors: the first paper posited a legal and political solution to the Iraqi debt crisis and the second paper examined the evolution of U.S. foreign … Read more
Brigit Adamus
Brigit graduated from Cornell University in 2005 with a degree in Human Biology, Health, and Society. At Cornell she competed for the varsity gymnastics team and served as the president of the Panhellenic Health Advisory Team. She conducted research with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program and completed … Read more
Takhani Kromah
Originally from Liberia, Takhani moved to Maryland in 1986. She graduated from Tufts University in 2006 with a degree in Political Science and a minor in African Studies. Highlights of her undergraduate career include a trip to Sierra Leone where she filmed a documentary on amputated war victims titled Voices … Read more
Anyu Fang
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago, Anyu majored in Economics and studied in the University’s anthropology and political science programs in South Africa and France. He raised awareness about food and housing insecurity through community service with the Giving Tree, and led a coalition of organizations … Read more
Katherine Moos
Katherine graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2006 where she studied political science and Spanish. She also studied demography and economics at the University of Havana and researched her thesis on reproductive healthcare in Cuba. After graduating, Katherine worked as a research assistant at Boston Medical Center on the Children’s … Read more
Tim Shadix
Originally from Ashland, Oregon, Tim graduated from Whitman College in 2009 with a degree in politics. He organized a field study and conference on clean water access in rural India, led a project to strengthen networks among Oaxacan migrant hometown associations in the Pacific Northwest, and conducted quantitative research on … Read more
Etan Newman
Originally from Minnesota, Etan graduated from Brown University in 2009 with a degree in history. He has worked to connect low-income families to social services, taught about the Holocaust in high schools, interned at the Poverty Institute, and lobbied for the rights of undocumented immigrant students. Etan also studied human … Read more
Jessica Luna
Originally from Asheville, North Carolina, Jessica graduated from Harvard University in 2010 with a degree in sociology. She worked as a peer educator for the Food Literacy Project, served low-income families at Boston Medical Center through Project Health, and interned with the Food Bank for New York City and the … Read more
Lisa Hahn
A native of Los Angeles County, Lisa graduated in 2008 with a degree in politics and international relations. She has worked on labor rights, peace, voting, citizenship, and immigration in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, California. She has also worked with the environmental justice movement, as a substitute teacher in … Read more